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National Voices and NESTA have published evidence that peer support can help people feel more knowledgeable, confident and happy and less isolated and alone. We explore what peer support is, whether it can really deliver benefits and how it can be implemented.

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In this blog Don Redding from National Voices and Halima Khan from NESTA argue that peer support is a key building block in enabling people with long term conditions to successfully manage in the 99% of time they are not in direct contact with healthcare professionals.

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This report summarises evidence from more than 1000 studies of peer support. It sets out what peer support is, who is involved, the different types of support that can be offered, ways it can be provided, where it might be made available and when it might be offered. It sets out the evidence for the effectiveness of different kinds of peer support in relation to people's experience and emotions, changes in behaviour and health outcomes and changes in service usage and cost.

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Self-management support is when health professionals, teams and services (both within and beyond the NHS) work in ways that ensure that people with long-term conditions have the knowledge, skills, confidence and support they need to manage their condition(s) effectively in the context of their everyday life.

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This Briefing argues that specialist assessment and treatment, whilst important, represent only a small part of what mental health services do and that far more is needed if people are to participate as equal citizens in economic, social and family life and do the things they value. It argues that a more educational approach, that complements traditional treatment approaches, is central to driving recovery-focused organisational change.

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This hour-long webinar, hosted by Adrian Sieff, Assistant Director at the Health Foundation, provides an excellent introduction to how to understand and implement shared decision making and self-management support into mainstream health care services. It includes presentations by Nahid Ahmad and Holly Krelle from ICF International.